UNITED NATIONS E/CONF.100/IP.12 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Eighteenth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, 26-29 October 2009 Item 7(b) of the provisional agenda Invited Papers The Efforts of Building GIS Infrastructure in a Newly Independent State: The case of Timor Leste * * Prepared by Paulino de Cruz, Ministry of Justice, National Directorate of Land and Property and Cadastral Services (DNTPSC), Timor Leste
The efforts building GIS infrastructure in a newly independent state The case of Timor Leste Paulino da Cruz Ministry of Justice National Directorate of Land and Property and Cadastral Services (DNTPSC) For 18 th UNRCC AP Where is Timor Leste? 1.Country Profile From Google Earth
Outline 1.Country Profile A Southeast Asian Country Size: 15,000 sq. km Mainly mountainous, with small plains Tropical monsoon climate Population : around one million Capital city: Dili Economy: Agriculture (Coffee, sandalwood), Offshore oil and gas 13 Districts, 65 Sub districts and 442 Sucos (Villages) History 1.Country Profile 1600: Small kingdoms recorded 1611 1975: Portuguese colonization 1975: Indonesian occupation and administration 1999: Referendum on independence 2002: Independence (20 May) 2009: Eight year from independence
GIS development Chronology 2. GIS Infrastructure 1990s, Second Land Resource Evaluation and Planning Project (LREP II), ADB funded First GIS application, during Indonesian period 2000 Various supports from UN, Int l Organizations and bilateral donors, Transitional period and independence period 2006: Interrupted by internal conflicts Support Resolution at 17 th UNRCC AP 2007 : Resume of GIS development with international supports. Policy Overview 2. GIS Infrastructure No comprehensive legal framework for GIS infrastructure development (e.g. NSDI law) Bill on land registration and cadastral system is being prepared. DNTPSC, Ministry of Justice is responsible for national cadastral and geographic information system. No official coordination body for GIS policy, but GIG (Geographic Information Group) is virtually the national coordination body Experts from Gov., UN and Intl. Organizations etc.
DNTPSC, Ministry of Justice Cadastral surveys for determination of location and size of parcels for development and use. Sample DNTPSC, Ministry of Justice Maintain framework geographic dataset Topographic Map Aerial photograph Geodetic networks Distribution to users
DNTPSC, Ministry of Justice Contribution to National Development Strategy Prime Minister s Office Providing thematic maps for consideration Ita nia rai(our Land) Project Establish land registration system Legal and technical (cadastral) base USAID supported Boundary Demarcation survey Joint survey with Indonesian side DNTPSC, Ministry of Justice External support made so far Australia: Air photograph, 1:50,000 topographic map Germany: Website, foreign scholarship Japan: 1:2,000 topographic map for Dili, training, equipment Portugal: National Geodetic framework, Geographic Information portal site US: Land Registration System
Other institutions Ministry of Agriculture ALGIS: Agricultural and Land Use GIS Sustainable land management with UNDP Ministry of Finance / UNFPA GIS support for census implementation Ministry of Health / WHO: Health GIS Ministry of Education: School GIS Ministry of Infrastructure: Road database WFP: Food security and logistics UNMIT (UN Integrated Mission in East Timor): GIS for UN operation Capacity building Generous supports from donors and international community Development of many datasets Yet severe lack of human and institutional capacity develop, store, revise, distribute GIS data. Training (External and internal) still required Possibility of using existing resources 4. GIS issues Knowledge of residing UN and International organizations can be transferred to Timor Leste side
Towards a NSDI Achievements so far UTM 51 S, WGS84, GI portal Still required for effective and efficient GIS infrastructure Standardization Centralizing metadata and feature catalogues Facilitate data exchange and dissemination, revision of GIS portal Formalized national coordination body 4. GIS issues Administrative boundary No legitimated administrative boundary data Various versions lead confusion Potential cause of land disputes Misconduct of administration works (census, election) Approaches for solving the problems Lobbying, information sharing Cooperation with Ministry of State Administration Project configuration, seeking funds 4. GIS issues
Border demarcation Clear national border demarcation between Timor Leste and Indonesia for Maintaining security Facilitate the movement of people and goods Effective natural resources management Continuing joint efforts are 4. GIS issues Resolve contested sections Border marker installation, survey and maintainance 1:25,000 mapping in the border area Establishment of gazetteers Conclusions Efforts have been made, but national capacity is still low. Priorities are Sufficient technical capacity development 5. Conclusions Overall coordination of GIS infrastructures Timor Leste thanks the supports of UNRCC AP countries and international communities